Anthony Clark Arend

A number of previous posts have discussed the need to fill critical leadership positions in the Executive Branch. One agency that is woefully understaffed is the US Agency for International Development. A quick look at USAID’s website reveals a most unfortunate situation. Note the amount of positions that are listed has “vacant” or being occupied by an “acting” person– highlighted …

The New York Times is reporting:
United Nations officials said Friday that the supply of critical food aid to Somalia had been interrupted and that rations to starving people needed to be cut, partly because the American government had delayed food contributions out of fears that they would be diverted to terrorists.Last month, American officials said they had suspended millions of …

The text of Clinton’s remarks follow:
Good evening, and please be seated. I want to welcome all of you to the Ben Franklin Room here on the eighth floor of the State Department for such a special occasion. It is indeed an honor for me to welcome His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, whom I have had the great honor and …

The Voice of America is reporting:
The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor says he believes crimes against humanity were committed in last year’s post-election violence in Kenya and he is requesting an investigation.

The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court Luis Moreno Ocampo, left, shakes hands with Kenyan President Mwai Kibak in Nairobi, Kenya, 5 Nov. 2009

In a press conference with President …

The Washington Post is reporting this afternoon:
An Italian court on Wednesday convicted 22 CIA operatives and a U.S. Air Force colonel of orchestrating the kidnapping of a Muslim cleric here in 2003 and flying him to Egypt, where he said he was tortured.In rendering the verdict, the judge in the case, Oscar Magi, acquitted three other Americans, including the former …

Over at the Monkey Cage, my friend and colleague, Erik Voeten posts:

Henry Farrell and Eric Posner have been sparring over international law and the role of the UN Human Rights Council in a number of posts at Crooked Timber and the Volokh Conspiracy. Some of these posts were about two articles I wrote with Jim Lebovic about the Council’s predecessor: …

With a hat tip to Ben Turner for bringing this to my attention . . . .
International relations theorists James Der Derian has recently co-directed a new film entitled Human Terrain. From the film’s website, Dr. Der Derian explains the evolution of the film:
‘All men dream, but not equally.  Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their …

In case you missed it, Yahoo!’s Program in Business and Human Rights has just begun a new blog! Under the leadership of Ebele Okobi-Harris, Director of the Business and Human Rights Program, the blog contains a series of posts on critical issues for the human rights community. From the inaugural post, Ebele writes:
Hello, and welcome to the Yahoo! Business & …